The trend estimate for total dwellings approved rose 1.0% in May and is now showing rises for three months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for total dwellings approved fell 1.1% in May following a rise of 9.5% in the previous month.

PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector houses approved rose 1.5% in May and is now showing rises for six months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector houses rose 2.5% in May and has risen for five months.

PRIVATE SECTOR DWELLINGS EXCLUDING HOUSES

The trend estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 0.6% in May and has fallen for five months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate for private sector dwellings excluding houses fell 9.8% in May following a rise of 17.9% in the previous month.

VALUE OF BUILDING APPROVED

The trend estimate of the value of total building approved rose 1.9% in May and has risen for 16 months. The value of residential building was flat. The value of non-residential building rose 4.1% and has risen for seven months.

The seasonally adjusted estimate of the value of total building approved rose 4.2% in May following a fall of 3.4% in the previous month. The value of residential building fell 0.2% following a rise of 4.0% in the previous month. The value of non-residential building rose 10.0% following a fall of 11.6% in the previous month.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

June 2013

30 July 2013

July 2013

2 September 2013

August 2013

2 October 2013

September 2013

31 October 2013

October 2013

2 December 2013

November 2013

9 January 2014

DATA NOTES

A number of time series spreadsheets, as well as table 14 from this publication, contain 'np' (not available for publication) annotations. This is due to confidential data being contained in these series.

REVISIONS THIS MONTH

Revisions to the total number of dwelling units approved in this issue are:

2011-12

2012-13

TOTAL

NSW

-18

22

4

Vic.

-

70

70

Qld

-

253

253

SA

-

-

-

WA

-

65

65

Tas.

-

33

33

NT

-

11

11

ACT

-

48

48

Total

-18

602

584

INQUIRIES

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